No Stars In My Eyes

Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN

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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    Something a charge nurse actually said to a doc on the phone at 10:45 PM: "Well, Dr. M_______, If you would learn to write a COMPLETE order, I wouldn't have to call you for...
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    I am not interested in hearing you endlessly slamming your spouse. We GET it , You think he's a ________. We think you are, too. So, shuddup
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    discipline of nurses vs. other health care professionals

    Oh, AMEN,
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    Ridiculous V/S...are you out of your mind?

    I worked at a place one time where tha CNA's took the V/S and wrote them on a list, which the nurse was supposed to chart, so that we would "be aware". WELL! I didn't get to charting until late in the...
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    Oh, the Q is silent...

    Repeat after me: "aitch-
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    Weirdest, funniest, grossest male teenager pt. Stories

    My brother, sister, and I would crawl out the skylight of our large three-story house to sit straddling the peak of the roof; we also would jump off the roof of a one-story annex, and see how high we...
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    You just can't make this stuff up....

    Was this on BIZARRE STORIES OF THE E.R. on A&E? Egads, what a bunch of......well, words fail
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    Computarized Med Pass in a LTC facility????????

    Yeah, well.....the first time I used a computerized med-cart I finished the 9 AM med pass at 1 PM, and when someone asked me how it was going, I opened my mouth to answer, and instead, burst into...
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    Do Chiropractors Hires Nurses?

    There are a few chiros I know of who have at one time or another had an LPN in-office, but like mom-n-student said above, ALL those duties and a few more were part of the job.....and the PAY was NOT...
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    Graduated 12/10, still no job, giving up...

    North Dakota vs.
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    Happy -?- Anniversary

    Side note: Found out what hubby was upset about, just last night--He wants me to have a full-time job with benes so the $36/wk doesn't come out of HIS paycheck; tho' I don't know if he thinks that's...
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    Happy -?- Anniversary

    One year ago today I was fired and turned in to the BON . How should I celebrate? I made a mistake that, under the situation / circumstances could have happened to anyone, and it was seized upon as...
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    You Know You Are a Nurse When...

    Don't even mind the weekends and holidays, but the thought ( and one 9 month experience) of working Monday thru Friday 9 to 5 gives me the
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    501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    217) when you keep finding new threads to the point that the next time you log in (12-24 hrs) you find 39 an message-responses and nothing from your personal contact list.....and you think oh
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    Why the disdain for LTC?

    flmomof5---wow, i mean wow! bless you and god keep your license
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    Happy -?- Anniversary

    Thank you all, so much, for your responses....it does help to know that I have somewhere to turn where folks understand how it feels when the rug is pulled out from under you.It hurts alot to be...
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    I fixed my problem with my legs and feet...A good shoe!

    I'll go try some
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    Why the disdain for LTC?

    xtxrn, I see your point, and I did not know that about the Haldol and Ativan--they are so widely in use. And I LOVE old people; their confusion is not a problem for me. It"s the Alzheimer's patients...
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    Why the disdain for LTC?

    Oh, there are orders for Haldol and Ativan, but if you give them--all according to the orders, perfectly legal and doctor approved, mind you-- there are those who will say you're just trying to keep...
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    I fixed my problem with my legs and feet...A good shoe!

    Having the worlds flattest feed and need more arch support than even shoes touting arch supports give. Any recommendations for that? I've had special orthotics made by a top-notch podiatrist, but they...
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    Would you ever own a motorcycle? YES or NO?

    First job in nursing career was on a fresh spinal-cord injury unit. So many kids my age paralyzed after motor-cycle wrecks, 90% of which were NOT their faults. I LOVE riding on a motorcycle, it's like...
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    Why the disdain for LTC?

    I LOVE working with the elderly! ( tho an Alzheimers Unit is definitely NOT for me! ) What I disliked about LTC's is the sheer avalanche of tasks one nurse is expected to juggle, that you have NOOO...
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    Nurse locator devices...

    GPS ankle cuff. Not serious, just bein' silly.
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    Oh, the Q is silent...

    All kinds of generic medication
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    The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    I am the WORLD'S WORST at venipuncture....You could give me a garden hose and a ten-penny nail and I'd still blow